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Great Falls High basketball coach John Smith has compiled an impressive list of records and accomplishments in his career.

Smith is the state’s all-time winningest boys basketball coach. He has six state titles, once recorded back-to-back unbeaten state title winning seasons, has averaged more than 20 wins a year and got his team to state nine times during a 10-year stretch.

Lancaster High School heavyweight wrestler Marshawn Rhoney delivered in a big way to lift the Bruins’ wrestling team to an exciting 42-39 Region IV-AAAA win over Ridge View on Wednesday night.

The three-point win pushed the LHS mat mark to 5-7, 2-3 and earned the Bruins a bid to the Class AAAA Upper State team playoffs which open Monday in Fort Mill where they face the Yellow Jackets at 7 p.m.

Fort Mill, the Region III-AAAA champion, is rated third in the latest Class AAAA state poll.

On Feb. 2, Lancaster County Council voted to suspend the blue laws in Lancaster County. Unfortunately, there was not a lot of discussion given as to why they felt these laws should be suspended. I have not heard or seen any reports which show that repealing the blue laws would have a positive impact on our community.

There may be an anecdote here or there but for the most part these are either very rare in their occurrence or very thin in their argument. Remember that we’re only speaking of a three-hour window on Sunday morning.

The Lancaster High girls ignited late and used a clutch 11-0 run in the second overtime to take an 81-70 win over Rock Hill for a Region IV-AAAA road split with the Bearcats on Friday night.

In the nightcap, the Cats built an early lead and stayed on top for a 62-50 win over the Bruins, who fell to 9-7, 1-1.

In the opener, Brittany Craig hit two free throws to give Rock Hill a 66-64 lead to open the second OT, but Lancaster answered in a big way, reeling off a crucial 11-0 spurt to key the 11-point comeback win.

The Lancaster Lady Bruins rallied late to notch a 53-50 comeback win over Class AAA foe Lugoff-Elgin on Tuesday night in the LHS gym.

Dimaya Jones, who hit all of her 13 points in the second half, triggered the Lady Bruins’ final charge with 12 points in the fourth quarter. Jones sealed the game with 10 seconds to play as she dropped in two clutch free throws to give the LHS girls a 53-50 lead.

Jones’ trey with 3:49 to play gave LHS a 47-45 lead it protected to the end.